Geek Crusade invites you to pay your last respects to the late, great Oberyn Martell. Join us for our latest Dinner is Coming event as we celebrate the Game of Thrones fandom over food, conversation, and this time, funeral rites.

Requiem for the Red Viper

All praise the name of Oberyn of the House Martell, Prince of Dorne, the Red Viper and father to the Sand Snakes! Come join us for a celebration like no other in the Seven Kingdoms, as we bring the Prince’s body home to Dorne. Lay our sweet Prince to rest with us, then feast on the best that Dorne has to offer.

Inspired by A Song Of Ice And Fire, the high fantasy epic by George R. R. Martin, our latest dinner will begin with a solemn ceremony to commemorate the life and death of Oberyn Martell. This will be followed by a lavish tasting menu inspired by the cuisine of Dorne and the history of House Martell. Seats are limited to a party of 50, and here’s what’s on the menu.

Tasting Menu

Dinner consists of a 6-course tasting menu, served communal style. The pictures below depict sharing plates for four. If you do not want to share and prefer individual plating, let us know.

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[toggle title=”What is a Requiem?“]A Requiem, pronounced asˈre-kwē-əm is a) a Mass for the repose of the souls of the dead or b) a musical composition setting parts of a requiem Mass or c) an act or token of rememberance. Devotees of Oberyn Martell can therefore pay their last respects and finally gain closure.[/toggle][toggle title=”How is this a Game of Thrones-inspired dinner?“]In the GOT books, there are rich, detailed descriptions of the different cuisines from the Seven Kingdoms. In this dinner, the dishes are either inspired by specific lines from the books or from the history of House Martell.[/toggle][toggle title=”Why are you serving the food communal style?”] Because Oberyn did everything communal style. ;p [/toggle][toggle title=”Do I need to be a Game of Thrones fanatic to attend this dinner? I don’t know much about the show or the books.“]You don’t need to be a GOT fanatic – you just need to appreciate good food, and a good conversation over a nice meal. [/toggle] [toggle title=”Must I dress up?“]You don’t have, but if you feel a burning desire to turn up as one of the sand snakes or even (gasp!) the Mountain, we certainly won’t stop you![/toggle] [toggle title=”Is Oberyn Martell my father?“] Well, Bastards are born of passion and our prince is a passionate man. Your queue number is 129. [/toggle] [toggle title=”I’m coming as the mother of dragons, can I bring my dragons?“]Of course. Restaurant Sela is a dragon friendly restaurant. Torching of food is allowed. [/toggle] [toggle title=”What happened at your last Dinner is Coming events?“] So much fun! check out what happened at our Welcome to King’s Landing and Panem Forever events. [/toggle] [toggle title=”Is your event affiliated to HBO?“] Dinner Is Coming is an event organized by fans for fans, and is in no way affiliated with HBO or George R.R Martin. [/toggle] [toggle title=”What are your upcoming Dinner is Coming events?“] We created our Dinner is Coming series of pop-culture events to connect fans, fandoms and food. Connect with us, and a raven will be sent to inform you of our upcoming events.

Fantastic Beasts 2 review: Overstuffed and underdeveloped

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald opens in New York City in 1927, some months after the events of the first film (see our review). The titular villain, Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp), has escaped the authorities and headed to Paris, where he aims to drum up supporters for the next stage of his plan for a new magical world order.

He’s also there to look for Credence (Ezra Miller), who somehow managed to survive the apocalypse that the Obscurus residing within him brought down on New York at the end of the first movie.

Elsewhere, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) receives orders from Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) to find Credence before someone kills him. But he drags his feet until he learns that Auror and one-time love interest Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) is there hunting down Credence as well.

The franchise has been criticised of late for keeping on Depp as Grindelwald despite allegations that he assaulted his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard. But I can tell you that there are several good things about the movie.

The good: The graphics are great, and some of the action sequences are very enjoyable. The Nifflers are very cute. Eddie Redmayne and Zoe Kravitz possess very high cheekbones, as does Ezra Miller. The sight of Hogwarts still makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

I don’t even know where to start. I’m writing this review the day after watching the movie, and I am finding it hard to remember anything that stood out to me. The movie felt like it went on for far too long, but not much really happened. Given its title, Fantastic Beasts 2 is very light on beasts. But when they do appear, they are truly fantastic. There were several points where I was actually thankful that the Nifflers could still be counted on for some comic relief in this unnecessarily grimdark movie.

I still don’t understand why the franchise insists on making Newt the protagonist of the series when the character doesn’t actually get much screen time at all, especially when Newt is so poorly sketched out. We only ever get told by several other characters that Newt doesn’t seek or want any sort of power, but that is as far as characterisation goes in this movie.

JK Rowling throws a whole bunch of new characters at us, including Leta Lestrange (Zoe Kravitz) and Newt’s brother Theseus (Callum Turner), but there was no depth or complexity of character at all. Considering the fact that the original Harry Potter series was lauded in part for its intricate world building and characterisation, I can barely believe that Fantastic Beasts 2 was even written by the same person.

However, the bigger problem here was that almost all the acting performances are incredibly mediocre. Depp does what he was hired to do, in that he plays a villain that you don’t want to root for, but it just seems like he’s dialling it in. We keep being told by various characters how charming Grindelwald is, but I saw none of this in Depp’s performance.

Even the usually charismatic Jude Law, here playing a younger Albus Dumbledore, seemed strangely toned down. I wish I could say something about Redmayne’s performance, but I can’t seem to remember anything about it either, which is a pity because he clearly is capable of so much more.

In fact, nothing in this movie makes sense. Longtime fans who spot every Easter egg and reference will also be confused by the actions of several beloved characters, and in the third act, the big reveal comes suddenly and without any build up or foreshadowing at all.

I’ve commented on the general problem with Rowling’s plots post-Deathly Hallows before, but in this movie it just seems like she’s thrown caution to the wind. The retcons are both confusing and plentiful, with plot developments thrown in willy nilly. (I’m surprised a kitchen sink didn’t make an appearance.)

Even the obvious comparison of Grindelwald’s followers to Nazi Germany and the more right-wing portions of global politics is ham-fisted and clumsy. We aren’t ever told why people find Grindelwald’s message so convincing, nor why they would even join him in the first place. There simply isn’t any commentary of substance here.

I came out of it feeling angry at the direction that Rowling had chosen to take the series. Literally everything I loved about the original book and movies — the whimsicality, the humour, the complex characters and plot, the sheer wonder of it all — were missing in this latest installment, and at this point somebody needs to tell her that enough is enough. Potter fans deserve better than this.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald opens in Singapore. Leave a comment below and tell us what you think of the movie!

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Easily the weakest movie in the entire Harry Potter franchise, Fantastic Beasts 2 suffers from a plot as flimsy as rice paper, with some ham-fisted social commentary about prejudice. Despite the title, it focuses more on Grindelwald than on said fantastic beasts, which is a pity as the movie might've been more enjoyable in that case.